Episode 308: Without Explanation

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

On December 15, 2020, a 42-year-old ex US Army mechanic is stabbed to death at his parent's home in Warsaw, Indiana. The victim’s mother and stepfather are also viciously attacked during the ordeal, resulting in them both sustaining injuries. The offender flees and goes on the run, terrifying those in the small community where the horrifying incident has unfolded. Thankfully, it isn’t long before the perpetrator is apprehended. But even with the attacker in custody, the outcome is no less devastating for the victim's families, who have to live with the irrevocable consequences of someone choosing to brutalize those who, it turns out, have welcomed the killer into their home with open arms. In episode 308, Jac and Alexis detail the tragic murder and how the ripples of violence can forever impact an entire community.

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0:00.0	It's a degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:06.0	First degree.
0:07.0	The first degree.
0:08.0	The first degree.
0:09.0	You see it on the news.
0:10.0	You see it on the paper.
0:11.0	You see it on Facebook.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not real life.
0:16.0	I work long hours at work, so when I go out and sit I like to just read these articles and stuff like that that's going on in the world and I just happen to come across that and I was like, oh my gosh's my neighbors you know I live next door to them and I
0:36.5	ended up seeing Michaelo like two days later and
0:41.0	I told him about it and he was like, man, you have to sit down.
0:44.4	It was just so bizarre.
0:46.2	Just because it was so close to where I had used to live to somebody right next door.
0:52.0	What are the chances of that happening?
0:54.0	You don't ever think that you or somebody that you know
0:58.0	are going to be like involved in this horrific crime
1:01.0	and then you hear about it and it's like oh my goodness you
1:04.7	know and then you just keep finding out more and more.
1:07.4	Welcome to the first degree of the True Crime Podcast that you might end up on wow my name is Jack Fannick I'm sitting here with
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